Friday, February 8, 2019

combustion - Is it possible to combust a plasma?


In what we usually consider combustion your fuel and oxidizer are always neutral, but is it possible to have a similar "explosive" combustion process where both the fuel and oxidizer have been singly ionized? If so what might some potential fuels be, and where might more information on the topic be found? A google search doesn't turn up much (other than injecting a small amount of plasma to catalyze an otherwise non-ionized reaction.)




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